Baptists To Meet At Mount Hope Oak Hill
Baptist churches of Oak Hill area meet at Mount Hope Baptist Temple at 7 p.m. Monday with Rev. W.E. Cox presiding and Rev. Randolph F. Johnson introducing visiting team members. Main speaker Rev. Stanley Beaumont will discuss The Challenge of Gods Power and multiple conferences will cover Christian education children work and the Baptist Jubilee Advance planning.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Area
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
W.E. Cox
Randolph F. Johnson
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Fayette Baptist Association
Stanley Beaumont
First Baptist Church of
Weston
West Virginia
God
Asa B. Harris Jr
West Virginia Baptist Convention
Lookout Area Residents Share Visiting News
Local families from Lookout and nearby towns report visitors and gatherings. Notable mentions include Mr. and Mrs. Bill McClung hosting relatives, Mrs. Gilda Eagle traveling to St Marys, and Scott Fisher with Sissonville visiting the Bill Burdette family.
Fourteen Volunteers Report for March 11 Induction
Mullens region report lists fourteen volunteers among twenty two men due to report for armed forces induction on March 11. Board 21 at Mullens coordinated calls while others are assigned via Selective Service. Names include John Gibson Pearis Homer Admiral Chambers Troy Ivan Brown Lewis Curtis Ellis and more with several transfers and former home towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Armed Forces
Selective Service Board
John Gibson Pearis
Homer Admiral Chambers
Clear Fork
Troy Ivan Brown
Cyclone
Lewis Curtis Ellis
Oceana
Thomas Martin Clay
Lynco
Paul Jennings Rollins
Robert Randolph Atwell
John Carl Stafford
Joseph Stewart
Jesse
Robert Earl Allen
Hanover
Rodney Eugene Toler
Robert Wayne Goode
Pineville
Bernard Thompson Roberts
Mullens Clubwomen Hear Bluefield Power Rep
At a Thursday meeting of the Woman's Civic Club Mullens Frank Pearman of Bluefield a field representative of Appalachian Power Co and Mrs Ray Parkey Princeton home economist presented a program a washer dryer and range were demonstrated and the public invited to attend
Night Tailoring Class Is Offered in Mullens
Mullens High School will begin a night tailoring class March 9 at 7 p m under instructor Mrs W Cook of the home economics department. Open to women who completed Bishop Method sewing courses for skirt blouse and dress the class will finish before Easter. Pattern numbers available by calling Mrs Cook or inquiring at local stores. Enrollment limited and free under the vocational adult education program of the State Board of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Woodrow W. Cook
Mullens High School
Naval Reserve
U. S. Naval Reserve
Franklin Rites To Be Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Mae Franklin will be held at 2 pm Thursday in the Kincaid chapel of God with Rev. Walter Chandler Page officiating. Burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Franklin, 71, of Oak Hill, died Sunday at 3 15 pm at her home from a heart attack. Body remains at Tyree Funeral Home.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Lillie Mae Franklin
Kincaid Arch of God
Walter Chandler
Page
High Lawn Memorial Park
Franklin
Tyree
Jake McDonald Rites Thursday
Funeral services for Jake A. McDonald will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Durbin Methodist Church with Rev. Richard B. Jarrett officiating. Burial follows in Arbovale Cemetery. McDonald, 86, of Bartow, died at home Tuesday after a long illness. He was born April 17, 1872 in Macksville. Survivors include his wife Maggie and a son. The body is at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Cass and will be taken to the church one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartow
Jake A. McDonald
Durbin Methodist Church
Richard B. Jarrett
Arbovale
McDonald
Macksville
Maggie
Wallace and Wallace
Cass
High Court Opens Way For Divorce Case Appeal
Mrs. Virginia Hammond of Oceana won a step toward appealing her divorce to the State Supreme Court of Appeals. The court, in a 4-1 decision, said Judge Robert M. Worrell must grant funds for maintenance, attorney fees for the appeal, and other necessary costs, affirming a prior order in her favor. Judge Browning noted a female litigant harmed by a final decree is entitled to reasonable financial allowances. Judge Given dissented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
Virginia Hammond
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Robert M. Worrell
Wyoming County Circuit Court
Carl Hammond
Mossy News Briefs
Pvt. Terry Lee Kelly returned to Ft. Campbell Kentucky after leave with mother Verle Payne. Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Minnie Payne were Charlie Payne and Minnie Taylor. Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Scarbro included Clarence Scarbro and son Delaney from Crab Orchard. Also visiting were Mrs. Jennie Buttrick, and Theron Jarrett Jr. family with Brenda Johnny and Shelia at Clark Parrish’s Richwood home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Buttrick
Theron Jarrett Jr
Brenda
Johnny
Shelia
Clark Parrish
Richwood
Dawson Couple Celebrates Golden Anniversary
A Dawson couple, Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Holland, marked their 50th wedding anniversary with a Sunday covered dish luncheon and open house at their home. Mrs. Holland, 70, has been bedfast for over eight years due to arthritis. her husband will be 73 in June. They are parents of nine, with 13 grandchildren, and were joined by many relatives from Ripley Charleston St Albans Alderson Smoot Quinwood Grassy Meadows Springdale Rainelle Rupert and Norfolk Virginia.
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Dawson
P. S. Holland
Arnold Bryant
Ripley
Edward
Lurleen
Charleston
Claude
Norfolk
George Lanham
St. Albans
George Hanson
Alderson
Leroy Martin
East Rainelle
Robert Holland
John Hedrick
H. A. Murrill
Mary Surbaugh
Becky Surbau
Mrs. Cardenas Heads Medical Auxiliary
Mrs. Mario Cardenas was elected president of the Wyoming County Medical Society Auxiliary at a Sunday meeting in Mullens. Elected officers include Mrs. B. W. Steele as vice president and Mrs. C. T. Upchurch as secretary treasurer with installation in June. Plans include Doctors Day observance March 30 and a visit to Huntington hospital by the Future Nurses Club of Mullens High School in April. Special guest Dr. John J. Mahood spoke on skin diseases with slides. Attendees included multiple doctors and spouses from Mullens, Pineville, Oceana and Huntington.
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Future Nurses Club
Mullens High School
Huntington Hospital
Medical Society
Byefield
John J. Mahood
Obie Ward Funeral Set in Oak Hill Chapel
Funeral services for Obie Ward will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with the Rev Ernest Barley officiating. Burial will be in Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville Ward 54 Scarbro died at 11 a.m. My at Layland after suffering a heart attack.
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Scarbro
Obie Ward
Tyree
Oak Hill
Ernest Barley
Huse Memorial Park
Fayetteville
Ward
Layland
Two Receive Nursing Caps at Mullens High School Grads
Two 1958 Mullens High School graduates were capped as nurses at Lewisburg Gate Hospital School of Nursing Roanoke Virginia Friday night. Wanda Brown daughter of Boyd and Mrs Brown and Jean Roach daughter of Ray and Mrs Roach were honored. Parents attended at First Christian Church with a reception at the hospital. Class members were capped by Mrs Faye L Peters associate director of nursing education at Lewis Gale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Mullens High School
Lewisburg Gate Hospital School of Nursing
Roanoke
Wanda Brown
Boyd B. Brown
Jean Roach
Ray S. Roach
First Christian Church
Faye L. Peters
Lewis Gale
Petrillo Avoids Hand Contact Shakes With Finger Gesture
James A. Petrillo, longtime head of the American Federation of Musicians, avoids germs by offering only his little finger for handshakes, prompting notice of cautious etiquette in public appearances.
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James A. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Adkins Funeral Set At Calvin
S W Adkins 74 of Summersville dies after long illness in Enon. Funeral at 2 p m Thursday at Little Union Baptist Church Calvin with Rev E Barley officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by wife Mrs Bell Workman Adkins and 12 or more children and grandchildren. body to be moved from Waters Mortuary to home today at 5 p m and to church an hour before services.
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Persinger
S. W. Adkins
Little Union Baptist Church
Calvin
E. Barley
Adkins
John
Judy Adkins
Clay County
Bell Workman Adkins
Alice Biffle
Minnie Mullens
Della O’quinn
Betty Price
Mardie Rogers
Summersville
Elmer
Delford
Leland
Walter
Buhl
Donald
Bruce
Baron
Lockport
N. Y
Mary Blankenship
Nannie Bragg
Tioga
Renda Blankenship
Enon
Lanty Adkins
Homer Nichols
Waters Mortuary
White Funeral Set Thursday
Funeral services for Horace Greely White 85 will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Rev. A B Moore’s home. Burial in Athens Cemetery. White died at 6 45 a.m Tuesday at his home after a heart attack. He was retired from Athens Training School and had lived in Athens since 1917. Born Elgood Jan 4 1874 he was a son of Allen and Mary Jane Blankenship White. His wife Nancy Burch White died in 1948. Survivors include daughter Berlie of Athens sister Mrs Pearl Wiley of Athens brother Haden V of Tralee and three Seaver Mortuary at Princeton to the White home at 3 p.m today.
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Athens
ANS
Horace Greely White
A.B. Moore
White
Athens Training School
Elgood
Allen and
Mary Jane Blankenship White
Nancy Burch White
Berlie
Pearl Wiley
Haden V
Tralee
Mount Hope man held to grand jury in assault case
Russell F. Lilly, 18, of Mount Hope was held to a grand jury after a magistrate hearing in Fayetteville. He faces a felonious assault charge for an attack on Charles Billings Jr., 34, of Pea Ridge. Lilly was returned to the Fayette County Jail in lieu of a $500 bond.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Mount Hope
Russell F. Lilly
R. C. Godsey
Lilly
Charles Billings Jr
Pea Ridge
Fayette County
Opportunity unlimited Theme For Youth Rally
Wyoming County Youth Fellowship Rally at Kopperston Presbyterian Church embraces Opportunity Unlimited as its theme. Senior high host group leads singing with Marcia Rankin on piano, as speakers including Clyde Baldwin Jr, Lyle Pennington, Carole Grosse, Brenda Myers, Sandra Wooten, Betty Childers, Marcia Rankin, Joan Thomas, Richard Williams and Billy Baldwin share topics on ministry church roles and world missions. Refreshments and games follow in Poe Educational Building basement with adult advisor Mrs. John Paynter assisted by Mrs. Cyrus Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kopperston
RNS
Opportunity Unlimited
Wyoming County Youth Fellowship
Kopperston Presbbyterian
Marcia Rankin
Carole Grosse
Brenda Keyes
Clyde Baldwin Jr
Christian Education
Lyle Pennington
Poe Educational
John Paynter
Cyrus Williams
Cemetery Beautification To Be Subject At Meet
Plans to beautify Bible Cemetery will be the main topic of a meeting at 7 p.m. March 14 in the Salem Freewill Baptist Church on Salem Road. Those with relatives buried there or who want to donate time or money are urged to attend. Contacts include Cody, Massey, Dilley, Bragg, Robinson in Fayetteville and Lyle Johns of Fayetteville Route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gatewood
Bible Cemetery
Salem Freewill Baptist Church
Salem Road
E, Cody
D. R. Massey
Howard Dilley
O. H. Bragg
R, Robinson
Fayetteeville
Lyle Johns
Fayeetteville
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Grace Turley
Beaumont
State Baptist Convention
C. Clifford Caverlee
State Convention
Lookout Personals
Frieda Stapleton
Bucyrus
Ohio
Gilda Eagle
St. Marys
Esta Burgess
Lookout
Madeline Callison
Ansted
J. J. Campbell
J. N. Campbell
James Nelson
Belle Heslep
Monroe Levine
Jerry Nelson
Larry Heslep
May Behan
V. C. Behan
Wilson Mitchem
Detroit
Mich
William Bould
Lookout Baptist Church
Elmer Harrell
Alderson Christian High School
Bluefield
Ruby Heslop
Rainelle
Malcomb Toliver
Paula Jo
L. L. Parrish
Jake McDonald
Everette Puckett
Fern Holland
Stella Wells
Harold Quillen
Jimmy Quillen
Charlie Woolard
Brack Campbell
H. G. McClung
Granville McClung
Smoot
Don Farren
D. R
Russell Burwell
Rusty
Quinwood
Freddy L. Snedegar
Frankford
C, N. Sweeney
J. E, Leef
Mary Humphrey
Otto Leef
S. C. Lowry
Grassy Meadows
Eugene Lepley
C. E. Callison
Springdale
Kerry Tincher
Lawson Patterson
Vale
George Quillen
J. R. Campbell
Rupert
Rge Hanson
E. W. Holland
C. T. Holland
Norfolk, Va
Raymond Holland
Mrs. Cardenas
E. M. Wilkinson
Frank Isoldos
R. C. Hatefield
C. T. Upchurch
Robert and
Margaret DeVore
B. W. Steele
Ward Wylie
George Fordham
Ross E. Newman
Samuel Santa Rita
Seaver Mortuary
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Valley
Beckley
McCreery Street
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Whiti
Sia
Contract Carpets, Inc
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